ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE REYMOND (1513-1584), CIRCA 1560-70
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE REYMOND (1513-1584), CIRCA 1560-70
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PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 62-64)
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE REYMOND (1513-1584), CIRCA 1560-70

EWER

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ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE REYMOND (1513-1584), CIRCA 1560-70
EWER
Enamel on copper
With a coat-of-arms inscribed 'PL'; depicting the triumph of Bacchus and scenes from the Book of Exodus including Pharaoh's army drowning in the Red Sea
11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Paris.

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Lot Essay

Although unsigned, this beautifully painted ewer clearly emanates from the workshop of Pierre Reymond, one of the most celebrated enamellers of Limoges. It is closely related to a number of other ewers painted in grisailles, including a similar example signed 'PR' in the Louvre (S. Baratte, Les émaux peints de Limoges, Paris, 2000, p. 204). The present ewer is decorated with a coat of arms flanked by the initials 'P' and 'L' which has not yet been identified. The composition of the Triumph is derived - in slightly simplified form - from a Projet de Bassin, executed circa 1546 by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau.

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